HOLLYWOOD DUO ON BLADE RUNNER REMAKE
When Gosling was on receiving end of accidental punch from Ford.. screen veteran’s tongue-in-cheek peace offering was a solitary dram
everybody else. I read the little novella that Ridley and Hampton Fancher (the co-screenwriter of both the original movie and the sequel) had developed to serve as an exercise before the script was written, which is all I knew about the project.
“I saw and read about this character Agent K and I thought that would be a great part for Ryan Gosling.
“So with great enthusiasm I proposed this idea to the producers and they said, ‘We know, we’ve been talking to him for months. We hope we can get him’, and we got him.”
Ford wasn’t at all miffed that his thunder was stolen. He said: “I was really pleased we were all on the same page because that’s a really important part of the recipe for this movie.”
It’s clear Gosling is thrilled by this compliment from the veteran star but he joked: “Little did he know I had been sneaking head shots of myself into his day-to-day subconscious … in the newspapers, renting a billboard by his house for a few months.” But while Ford pegged him for the role, Gosling had no idea what it would be like to work with the star of Indiana Jones, Star Wars and, of course, Blade Runner.
He said: “He exceeded my expectations. Show me someone who is not a fan and I will show you a liar but we had high expectations obviously.
“But then, when he got to set, it was a relief because he just turned out to be the best collaborator.”
Looking over at Ford, he asked: “Are you comfortable with that?” Without missing a beat, Ford replied: “It’s a start.”
Ford might be an old hand at blade running but he insisted he didn’t try to offer any advice to his co-star, or even discuss the matter with him.
He said: “No, no. I prefer just to throw myself into the water and find out the temperature rather than say, ‘Oh, it’s too cold, I’m not going in there’, or, ‘It’s too hot, somebody help me out here’. He’s really fun to work with on a visceral level.”
Gosling added: “It’s the same job but there are a lot of differences in the new film so it was fun to explore those differences in the scenes.” ● Blade Runner 2049 is out in cinemas tomorrow.
I read about Agent K and thought it would be a great part for Ryan Gosling HARRISON FORD